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"Batman's Invincible Foe": Batman and Robin face Karko, a thief from the 26th Century who steals objects from Batman's time to sell them at great profit as antiques in his own era. After the Batmobile is

Detective Comics #257 is an issue of the series Detective Comics (Volume 1) with a cover date of July, 1958.

Synopsis for "Batman's Invincible Foe"

Batman and Robin face Karko, a thief from the 26th Century who steals objects from Batman's time to sell them at great profit as antiques in his own era. After the Batmobile is rendered useless by Karko's future technolofy, the Dynamic Duo decide to try their new inventions: the Whirly-Bats, which work as one man helicopters. However, their new vehicles are also useless against Karko. When all hope to capture the thief is lost, a policeman from Karko's time appears and aids the heroes no their crusade against the thief. Using a special time traveling device, Batman and the policeman from the future manage to lure Karko into a trap, before sending him to a prison of the future. After the thief is captured, the future lawman returns the stolen objects and he returns to his own time.

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  • Karko (Single appearance)

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  • Chief of Universal Inspectors Mahan (Single appearance)

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Synopsis for "The Return of Cleopatra"


Appearing in "The Return of Cleopatra"

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  • Hamid (Single appearance)

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  • Hal Derwood (Single appearance)
  • Miss Johput (Single appearance)
  • Cleopatra (Flashback only)

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Synopsis for "King of the Underworld!"

John Jones quits the force after botching a case, and soon is in competition with two other candidates to become king of the city's mobs.

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  • Bert Weldon (Single appearance)
  • Mike Herty (Single appearance)
  • Willie Wanger (Single appearance)

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